UK Muslims Want Prophet Manners

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Violent protests engulfed several Arab and Muslim counties over a US-made film insulting Prophet Muhammad.

CAIRO – Criticizing the inflammatory anti-Islam film, UK’s largest Muslim umbrella group called on Muslims worldwide to halt violent protests sparked by the film, urging protesters to keep with the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him).

“The violence we saw is not in keeping with the teachings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), whose honor these people wish to defend,” Farooq Murad, chairman of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), said in a statement cited by Pakistan Daily Times on Friday, September 14.

“Those who carried out these attacks are in a minority and do not speak for Muslims, or our faith.”

Violent protests engulfed several Arab and Muslim counties over a US-made film insulting Prophet Muhammad.

Titled “Innocence of Muslims”, the film, set in the modern era, shows an Egyptian Coptic Christian fleeing from an angry Muslim mob. Egyptian police looked on while the mob smashed up a clinic where a Christian doctor worked.

Then it showed the doctor talking to his daughter about what makes an "Islamic terrorist".

After that, the clips shifted to historical scenes from the period of the Prophet, most of these were based on sets where the actors are clearly superimposed on a desert background.

In other scenes, the Prophet is portrayed as a bloodthirsty leader, encouraging his followers to loot places they attack and says they can use children in whatever way they wish.

In Egypt, more than 300 people were injured in days of clashes between protestors and security forces around the US embassy in Cairo.

Protestors also attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, an attack that left the US ambassador and three other diplomats dead.

“The death of the US ambassador to Libya is a deep tragedy, particularly as the country is taking its first steps towards democratic transition following the overthrow of dictatorship last year,” MCB chairman said.

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